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Attitudes and Opinions Toward Education and Work in Chile, 1964 (ICPSR 7054)

Principal Investigator(s):
Munoz, Eduardo

Summary:

This study, conducted in Chile in 1964, included four
different samples: Sample A, containing young people 12-14 years of
age, Sample B, made up of respondents 16-22 years of age, Sample C,
comprising adults, and Sample D, composed of primary and secondary
school teachers. The study was undertaken to assess attitudes toward
jobs and education in children and young adults, whose future was yet
undecided, and in working adults in general and teachers in
particular, whose occupations and educations were already
established. Variables measured the respondents' highest educational
and occupational aspirations in comparison with realistic appraisals
of their jobs at the time of the interview and what they might be
doing in the future. The study further explored important factors in
deciding upon an occupation, as well as the advantages enjoyed by an
educated person. Respondents in Samples B, C, and D were asked to
evaluate certain goals of the Chilean education system, their
desirability, and the degree to which they were fulfilled. These
respondents were also asked to rate, on a high-to-low scale, the
social prestige of given occupations in Chile. A major portion of the
study examined the appeal that various aspects of jobs had for
respondents: personal contact with supervisors, fellow workers, and
clientele, fixed versus relaxed time schedules, supervision,
initiative required, responsibility assumed, intensity of work,
physical effort necessary, and variety of duties performed.

This study, conducted in Chile in 1964, included four
different samples: Sample A, containing young people 12-14 years of
age, Sample B, made up of respondents 16-22 years of age, Sample C,
comprising adults, and Sample D, composed of primary and secondary
school teachers. The study was undertaken to assess attitudes toward
jobs and education in children and young adults, whose future was yet
undecided, and in working adults in general and teachers in
particular, whose occupations and educations were already
established. Variables measured the respondents' highest educational
and occupational aspirations in comparison with realistic appraisals
of their jobs at the time of the interview and what they might be
doing in the future. The study further explored important factors in
deciding upon an occupation, as well as the advantages enjoyed by an
educated person. Respondents in Samples B, C, and D were asked to
evaluate certain goals of the Chilean education system, their
desirability, and the degree to which they were fulfilled. These
respondents were also asked to rate, on a high-to-low scale, the
social prestige of given occupations in Chile. A major portion of the
study examined the appeal that various aspects of jobs had for
respondents: personal contact with supervisors, fellow workers, and
clientele, fixed versus relaxed time schedules, supervision,
initiative required, responsibility assumed, intensity of work,
physical effort necessary, and variety of duties performed.

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Study Description

Citation

Munoz, Eduardo. Attitudes and Opinions Toward Education and Work in Chile, 1964. ICPSR07054-v1. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1976. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR07054.v1

Methodology

Sample:
Four separate samples were drawn for this study: Sample A,
including young people 12-14 years of age, Sample B, comprising
respondents 16-22 years of age, Sample C, made up of adults, and Sample
D, composed of primary and secondary school teachers.

Data Source:

personal interviews

Version(s)

Original ICPSR Release: 1984-03-18

Version History:

2006-01-18 File CB7054.ALL.PDF was removed from any previous datasets and flagged as a study-level file, so that it will accompany all downloads.